Monthly Archives: June 2009

Two Awards

Posted on June 10, 2009 by CarrieK

I’ve been nominated for two different blogging awards by two wonderful bloggers, and it’s time to pass them on. To be honest, I struggle a bit with the whole blog award business. Not with receiving them – I love that … Continue reading →

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Teaser Tuesdays and It’s Tuesday, Where Are You? – June 9, 2009

Posted on June 9, 2009 by CarrieK

Back Creek by Leslie Goetsch His cabin was, if anything, even darker and danker than before the storm. My bare feet hesitated on the scratchy indoor-outdoor carpeting, but Cal drew me farther into the cabin, down the few steps and … Continue reading →

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First lines quiz #5

Posted on June 8, 2009 by CarrieK

~ I will post the first sentences of ten books. (I skip any beginning quotations or prefaces. If I think more than one sentence is necessary, I’ll post two.) ~ You guess the titles and authors and leave your guesses … Continue reading →

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Movie Review – Last Chance Harvey

Posted on June 7, 2009 by CarrieK

My best friend was husband-less and child-less this weekend, while her crew was away camping, so she invited me over for a Moms’ Movie Night. We watched Last Chance Harvey, starring Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson, and we both enjoyed … Continue reading →

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Audiobook Review: Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson

Posted on June 7, 2009 by CarrieK

Title: Twisted Author: Laurie Halse Anderson Genre: YA fiction Publisher: Speak Rating: 3 out of 5 stars Source:Audibook from the public library Audiobook reader: Mike Chamberlain First line: I spent the last Friday of summer vacation spreading hot, sticky tar … Continue reading →

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The Sunday Salon – June 7, 2009 (The “May reading wrap-up” edition)

Posted on June 7, 2009 by CarrieK

Last week would have been the appropriate time to post a May reading wrap-up, but I forgot. So here are the books I finished in May: The Sense of Paper by Taylor Holden – my review Four to Score by … Continue reading →

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Bookish links for Saturday, June 6, 2009

Posted on June 6, 2009 by CarrieK

Author links: ~ Wendy at Musings of a Bookish Kitty has an interview with Mary Stanton, author of Angel’s Advocate. ~ Planet Books has a guest post by Marisa de los Santos, author of Belong to Me. ~ There’s a … Continue reading →

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Favorite contemporary fiction, part one

Posted on June 5, 2009 by CarrieK

When I started making my list of what I consider the best contemporary fiction, I realized it was going to be much too long for one post. Here is the first of what will be three posts. Good Grief by … Continue reading →

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